CMS Ireland Feedtag:www.cmsireland.org,2018:cmsireland/combined2017-11-29T21:53:23ZRachel Brittaintag:www.cmsireland.org,2017-11-29:52982017-11-29T21:53:23Z2017-11-29T21:53:23Z<p><strong><span class="caps">KENYA</span>: Kajiado Diocese</strong><br />
Give thanks for the <span class="caps">CMSI</span> team that visited from the Diocese of Tuam, Killala and Achonry in November. Ask God to bless that link and all of the many connections between Kajiado and Ireland. Pray that these partnerships in mission would bear fruit and bring blessings.</p><div class="feedflare">
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cmsireland/~4/v7lycVyYHMw" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Prayer Request: 18 February 2018http://www.cmsireland.org/prayer_diary/2018/02/18/Rachel Brittaintag:www.cmsireland.org,2017-11-29:52972017-11-29T21:52:45Z2017-11-29T21:52:45Z<p><strong><span class="caps">KENYA</span>: Kajiado Diocese</strong><br />
Pray for Bishop Gaddiel and his team of staff and church leaders in the diocese. Pray that God would guide them and bless them in all they do. Pray particularly for the diocese’s ongoing response to those whose lives have been affected by repeated drought and famine.</p><div class="feedflare">
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cmsireland/~4/viMS9UKupMQ" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Prayer Request: 17 February 2018http://www.cmsireland.org/prayer_diary/2018/02/17/Rachel Brittaintag:www.cmsireland.org,2017-11-29:52962017-11-29T21:50:22Z2017-11-29T21:50:22Z<p><strong><span class="caps">IRELAND</span>: <span class="caps">CMSI</span> Staff</strong><br />
Pray today for Jen Christie in her work as Administration Coordinator. Pray particularly for the vital <span class="caps">AGM</span> preparation that Jen will soon be undertaking and for her work in sourcing and booking travel for this year’s <span class="caps">CMSI</span> teams and partner visits.</p><div class="feedflare">
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cmsireland/~4/aqIZQh8ByEY" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Prayer Request: 16 February 2018http://www.cmsireland.org/prayer_diary/2018/02/16/Rachel Brittaintag:www.cmsireland.org,2017-11-29:52952017-11-29T21:49:36Z2017-11-29T21:49:36Z<p><strong><span class="caps">IRELAND</span>: <span class="caps">CMSI</span> Staff</strong><br />
Pray for Finance Coordinator Anne Buckley as she continues to work with the auditors to complete the process of producing CMSI’s Annual Accounts for 2016-2017. Pray that God would bless Anne in all aspects of her work.</p><div class="feedflare">
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cmsireland/~4/Z6B864F1UMI" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Prayer Request: 15 February 2018http://www.cmsireland.org/prayer_diary/2018/02/15/Rachel Brittaintag:www.cmsireland.org,2017-11-29:52942017-11-29T21:49:08Z2017-11-29T21:49:08Z<p><strong><span class="caps">IRELAND</span>: <span class="caps">CMSI</span> Staff</strong><br />
Pray for Mission Director Jenny Smyth as she leads the staff team. Pray particularly for Jenny as she travels to visit Global Partners next week, including accompanying Archbishop Richard Clarke and Rev Adrian Dorrian on a visit to Zambia. Pray that Jenny would be a source of blessing and encouragement to our partners.</p><div class="feedflare">
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cmsireland/~4/IuDU84xUfxQ" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Prayer Request: 14 February 2018http://www.cmsireland.org/prayer_diary/2018/02/14/Keith and Lyn Scotttag:www.cmsireland.org,2018-02-13:53442018-02-13T00:00:00Z2018-02-13T00:00:00Z<p>Berry, one of our colleagues here at the seminary, was leaving for a new post in South Africa. We had to have a farewell staff meeting. Francis suggested this should involve lunch somewhere. ‘Somewhere’ was a little restaurant a few kilometres out of the city. It’s a pleasant spot with a pool and a decent line in food.</p>
<p>The plan was that all the staff would travel out together from the seminary in the Ancient of Days (the Scotts’ X-Trail), meet up with Berry, who lives about 60km away in another city, plan the coming semester and have lunch. The planning was supposed to be done before the lunch took effect and send us all to sleep in the warm African sun.</p>
<p>It turned out that Lyn woke up feeling somewhat unwell. She pleaded for me to go alone and leave the Ancient of Days with her. Surprisingly Francis seemed unworried. Steven (our other colleague) would drive me, he would travel separately because he needed to go somewhere after lunch. &quot;It will be a men’s day out” he said.</p>
<p>And indeed, it was, although probably a bit more innocent than you might think. We planned, ate a suitably large lunch and lounged around, gossiping as only male clergy can manage. Did you know that the collective word for a group of clergy of any denomination is <em>‘a gossip’.</em> No? Good, I just made that one up.</p>
<p>As the day wore on, I was worried about getting home, but there seemed no rush amongst the others. I messaged Lyn. “Take your time, I am fine” was the response. Steven elected to take me out to visit his farm, another few kilometers along the main road. We wandered over his land, admiring his collection of maize, sweet potato and other vegetables. We worried about the weather, it’s been an excessively dry January and smallholders like Steven, or subsistence farmers like many of his neighbours, were beginning to be seriously worried.</p>
<p>Having exhausted the possibilities of eight hectares of land we turned back for Kitwe. Steven announced that he needed to pick up a relative on the way home, which meant another diversion. I was getting worried about Lyn. Another text, another reassuring response. At least she was still alive, answering the phone and not lying in some malaria-induced delirium.</p>
<p>Now something you need to know about Zambians is that they are addicted to the mobile phone. It’s serious, and the modern smart phone is the addiction of choice. Everyone has one, ancient broken screen, limping battery or new, flash and expensive. And wherever people gather there are people staring at phones. Kitwe is worse than Dublin or Belfast for this phenomenon. So I was not in the least surprised that Steven took a few calls here and there through the day, or that there was a brief call from Francis just as we picked up Steven’s relative. I was totally unsuspecting and innocent.</p>
<p>Finally, we arrived home. I rushed in, checked with Lyn and headed down towards a necessary bathroom call when a familiar voice came out of a hidden and dark corner of the house “Dad, can I have the Wifi password?”… It was Hannah, our daughter.</p>
<p>I eventually managed to recover from the near collapse. She and Lyn had plotted a ‘surprise to me’ trip. For the record, Lyn really had been feeling unwell, but despite this, she managed the airport drive, 60 odd kilometres each way. Everyone else, it seems, was in on the plot towards the end, including Francis and Steven who had been engaged to delay me by any and every means possible until Hannah got in to the house.</p>
<p>A few days after arriving back in London, Hannah graduated with an MSc. from Kings College. Big brother Adam managed to get couple of days off from his new job in a bank call centre in Liverpool to carry the family flag for her. For the most part, we don’t do family very well. Our two adults (they are long past the children stage) are part of a very small family circle scattered over at least three continents. It was a joy to share a few precious days with Hannah, and a reminder that what we do have as a family is precious and worth the nourishing.</p><div class="feedflare">
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cmsireland/~4/WysqeZxQtkI" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>A big surprisehttp://www.cmsireland.org/news/2018/02/13/a-big-surpriseRachel Brittaintag:www.cmsireland.org,2017-11-29:52932017-11-29T21:48:37Z2017-11-29T21:48:37Z<p><strong><span class="caps">ZAMBIA</span>: Diocese of Northern Zambia</strong><br />
Ask God to bless the various partnership links between Ireland and the diocese. Pray for a deepening of these relationships and a clear understanding of the spiritual needs of the Church in Zambia.</p><div class="feedflare">
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cmsireland/~4/NkmYoVlKmD8" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Prayer Request: 13 February 2018http://www.cmsireland.org/prayer_diary/2018/02/13/Rachel Brittaintag:www.cmsireland.org,2017-11-29:52922017-11-29T21:48:15Z2017-11-29T21:48:15Z<p><strong><span class="caps">ZAMBIA</span>: Diocese of Northern Zambia</strong><br />
Pray for the growth of the Church in Zambia. Pray for Archbishop Albert, the diocesan staff and the clergy in the diocese. Pray too that young people may respond to the call of God for ministry and for the re-envisioning of the diocese in all aspects of its life.</p><div class="feedflare">
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cmsireland/~4/k0BTPdMW7xg" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Prayer Request: 12 February 2018http://www.cmsireland.org/prayer_diary/2018/02/12/Rachel Brittaintag:www.cmsireland.org,2017-11-29:52912017-11-29T21:43:51Z2017-11-29T21:43:51Z<p><strong><span class="caps">UGANDA</span>: The Baker Family</strong><br />
As the Bakers start to say their goodbyes and prepare for leaving Uganda, pray for God-led conversations and decisions.</p><div class="feedflare">
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cmsireland/~4/VXYQ_x5AJvk" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Prayer Request: 11 February 2018http://www.cmsireland.org/prayer_diary/2018/02/11/Rachel Brittaintag:www.cmsireland.org,2017-11-29:52902017-11-29T21:43:24Z2017-11-29T21:43:24Z<p><strong><span class="caps">UGANDA</span>: The Baker Family</strong><br />
Give thanks for the local staff at Kiwoko Hospital, who are ready and willing to step into Paul and Tania’s shoes after they finish their term in 2018. Pray for their wisdom and preservation. Pray specifically for Innocent, Tonny, Wasswa, and Denis on the engineering side and Helen and Noeline at the Fashion School.</p><div class="feedflare">
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cmsireland/~4/Qj01urCihj4" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Prayer Request: 10 February 2018http://www.cmsireland.org/prayer_diary/2018/02/10/Rachel Brittaintag:www.cmsireland.org,2017-11-29:52892017-11-29T21:43:00Z2017-11-29T21:43:00Z<p><strong><span class="caps">UGANDA</span>: The Baker Family</strong><br />
Pray for the Baker family as they prepare to leave Kiwoko and return to resettle to Northern Ireland. Their flights home are booked for 11th March. Pray for a smooth process through immigration and a straightforward journey.</p><div class="feedflare">
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cmsireland/~4/Y3JXWZthnZ8" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Prayer Request: 09 February 2018http://www.cmsireland.org/prayer_diary/2018/02/09/Paul and Tania Bakertag:www.cmsireland.org,2018-01-05:53382018-01-05T00:00:00Z2018-01-05T00:00:00Z<p>As we celebrated our last Christmas and New Year in Kiwoko for now, we wanted to cherish every moment and so I made an effort to write down some of the best moments. I thought I’d share a few with you:</p>
<p>1) After putting up our decorations with our very enthusiastic 3 year old, Lana settled down to play with the nativity set. Later I overheard the conversation Mary was having with Joseph, <em>“Would you like to go to the moon?”</em></p>
<p>2) At the annual Christmas dinner for the ladies from the craft project, after they had thanked me many times for the lunch, I pointed out to them that the lunch had been paid for with the profits we had made from their crafts. So it was their hard work that had paid for this lunch. Then I watched emotionally as each lady got up and circled the room until she had kissed and hugged every other woman there.</p>
<p>3) I hosted a Christmas lunch for the housekeepers to thank them for all their wonderful cooking throughout the year. While they thanked me profusely for the meal I think they were more impressed that Paul was going to do the dishes!</p>
<p>4) On Christmas Eve, a small team went round the hospital wards singing Christmas carols and giving out sugar and soap to the patients unfortunate enough to be in hospital over Christmas. We mostly sang in English but did attempt a few carols in L’uganda. For those songs I sang quietly, but would burst out loudly when I came across the occasional word I knew like Mukama (Lord), Yesu (Jesus) and Katonda (God). At least I was putting emphasis in the right places!</p>
<p>5) Christmas day morning was delightfully calm. We made castles and play-doh ice-cream which Lana had received from family back home. Then, in the afternoon, many of the staff who had not traveled to family elsewhere in Uganda, gathered together for a ‘bring-n-share’ lunch in the gardens. It was such a marvelous feast with both the traditional Ugandan matooke and G-nut sauce served alongside roast potatoes and stuffed chicken.</p>
<p>I love the calmness of our Ugandan Christmases. I know the busyness and high expectations next year will be a shock. I also love how community-based the celebrations are here. Everyone, even the Ugandan staff, are far from their families and so we become each other’s family.</p>
<p>Needless to say, we are going to miss this period so much when we return to Northern Ireland. However, we must admit we are really looking forward to a Christmas that includes cranberry sauce, mince pies, and even Brussels sprouts! And of course our families.</p>
<p><strong>Tania.</strong></p><div class="feedflare">
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cmsireland/~4/GlNq4zEcGO4" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Last Christmashttp://www.cmsireland.org/news/2018/01/05/last-christmasRoger Cooketag:www.cmsireland.org,2018-01-05:53402018-01-05T00:00:00Z2018-01-05T00:00:00Z<blockquote>
<p>They offered their gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. (Matthew 2:11)</p>
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<p>To a baby… in a stable. Really?</p>
<p>Surprising and unsolicited gifts, presents for needs not yet realised, but presents pertinent and prophetic. These gifts could not have come from relatives, friends or neighbours; they could only have come from afar, from people of another culture and understanding, whose experience of God was so different. They brought gifts redolent with meaning, which would confirm and inspire.</p>
<p>The wise men crossed over from their side to his. It was a crossing fraught with danger, but they journeyed in faith in response to a calling literally from the heavens. In doing so, they bought significance and new insight.</p>
<p>Reflecting on the various visits from CMSI’s global partners over the past year, many very special moments come to mind – moments that only happened because of the new and surprising things that are generated by unusual cross-cultural connections.</p>
<p><strong>Sharing gifts, making connections</strong><br />
Parishes across Ireland hosted visitors from their global partner links, contributing to the travel costs and opening their homes and churches in welcome. The visitors took part in <span class="caps">CMSI</span> events, including <em>Shine</em>, <em>Ignite</em>, focus evenings and the <em>‘Crossing Bridges’</em> event – events inspired by the unique gifts, experiences and perspectives that the visitors brought with them. They participated in parish life – in craft groups and bowling, Sunday school and outings, preaching, teaching and praying for the sick. They developed stronger connections and shared precious gifts of friendship, ministry and pastoral care.</p>
<p>Early in the year, we hosted Bishop Desire from Goma Diocese – a chance to deepen the growing connections with the DR Congo and shine more light on the quiet, vital work of the Church there.</p>
<p>April saw a visit from Kenya – Provost Sammy Wainaina from All Saints Cathedral, Nairobi came with Louise Githire from the Urban Development Programme (<span class="caps">UDP</span>). As well as spending time with link churches, they visited primary schools, leading assemblies, meeting children and discussing educational approaches with teachers.</p>
<p>In September, Rev Joseph, Viateur, Rose and Emilienne from Shyogwe Diocese, spent time in their link churches and reconnected with folk who had visited Rwanda. Rose and Emilienne were particularly interested to meet Mothers’ Union ladies, who in turn were challenged by the range of programmes run by the MU in Shyogwe: strengthening family life, literacy, poverty alleviation, and improving agriculture. Already there are plans for linked parishes to visit Shyogwe in 2018.</p>
<p>Bishop Justin and his wife, Mama Joyce, from Maridi Diocese in South Sudan, came for <em>Ignite</em>, where they shared about the challenges of ministry in the midst of civil war, upheaval and trauma. On one parish visit, a conversation led to the launching of a new Young Mothers’ Group, enabling women to befriend, support one another and pray together. Another visit was the catalyst for uniting all the town churches during a family fun weekend. People stood together in the town square and prayed the Lord’s Prayer for their community.</p>
<p>These incidents bring to mind a contribution from one of the <em>Crossing Bridges</em> participants:</p>
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<p>Those who have experienced real trauma can, by listening, enable beautiful things to happen for others.</p>
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<p>Many beautiful things have happened through these global partner visits to Ireland.</p>
<p><em>[This reflection is taken from a piece in the recent edition of <a href="http://cmsireland.org/resources">inMission</a> magazine.]</em></p><div class="feedflare">
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cmsireland/~4/W1FIiV077vA" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Visitors from afarhttp://www.cmsireland.org/news/2018/01/05/visitors-from-afarRoger Cooketag:www.cmsireland.org,2018-01-04:53392018-01-04T00:00:00Z2018-01-04T00:00:00Z<h2>Connection, Unity, Growth</h2>
<p>Have you ever played the game ‘Six degrees of Kevin Bacon’? If not, I’d recommend it for the sort of cold, rainy days that characterise this time of year in Ireland. Essentially, the aim is to link any actor or actress to the eponymous film star through no more than six connections, where two actors are connected if they have appeared in a movie together.</p>
<p>The game is derived from an altogether more valuable notion, called ‘Six Degrees of Separation’, which was set out by Frigyes Karinthy in 1929. He suggested that all living things and everything else in the world is six or fewer steps away from each other – an idea that would be made famous by a play and a film, as well as lending itself to variations of the Kevin Bacon game. It’s all about the interconnectedness of everything.</p>
<p>Interaction, interconnection and interdependence are all concepts that come to mind when thinking about the familiar biblical image of the Body of Christ. God’s people and their different skills and gifts need to work together, with every part being vital to the healthy working of the whole body. There’s no room for independence.</p>
<p>As has been highlighted regularly in these pages and at <span class="caps">CMSI</span> events, the Body of Christ metaphor is not just applicable at the local church level – it has a global significance. We belong to a worldwide Church, a community of believers connected together through mutual bonds of love and care. And there are no degrees of separation in this community – despite differences in geography, language and culture, we are united by our belonging to the one, true God. We are family. We need each another.</p>
<p>That’s why ‘partnership’ matters so much to <span class="caps">CMSI</span>. That’s why we want to help the Church in Ireland to maintain the double-vision of ‘global’ and ‘local’. That’s why we like to champion the work of our Global Partners and why we seek to encourage meaningful relationships with them.</p>
<p>We want to embrace the diversity of our global family and to encourage our partners to impact parish life in Ireland. We want to ensure that we’re prioritising our partners’ priorities and seeing them support one another. We want to tell stories of connection, unity and growth, where there’s no separation – and there’s certainly no Kevin Bacon!</p><div class="feedflare">
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cmsireland/~4/-bNsLG_QMKw" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Six Degrees Of Kevin Baconhttp://www.cmsireland.org/news/2018/01/04/six-degrees-of-kevin-baconRoger Cooketag:www.cmsireland.org,2018-01-03:53372018-01-03T00:00:00Z2018-01-03T00:00:00Z<p><strong>The last weekend of September 2017 saw <span class="caps">CMSI</span> return to Dromantine Retreat and Conference Centre, near Newry, for <em>Ignite</em> – the society’s annual conference. This is the event in the <span class="caps">CMSI</span> calendar that truly caters for <em>everyone</em> with a connection to <span class="caps">CMSI</span> or a wider interest in global mission. 2017 was only our second of Ignite at Dromantine, but it’s already established itself as a special event in a special place.</strong><br />
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<p><strong>Friday Extra</strong><br />
On 29th September, over 40 of CMSI’s friends and supporters joined the staff team and our global guests for the <em>Friday Extra</em> residential programme. We sang together, we shared in communion together, we welcomed our friends from Rwanda and South Sudan, we got to know a few folk better through a panel interview…and some of us competed in the <em>Ignite Beetle Drive Championship.</em></p>
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<p>The Friday Extra programme really is a lovely evening of togetherness and sharing – it’s a very valuable ‘added extra’ to the main Saturday conference. One of the attendees had this to say:</p>
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<p>A lovely warm family welcome and evening. The panel was very good and was greatly helped by Paddy going first and sharing so deeply which led it into being a very special time…</p>
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<p><strong>Ignite Conference</strong><br />
A further 100 folk joined us on Saturday 30th September for the main day conference. The programme started and finished with a time of worship together – with Bishop Justin (Maridi, South Sudan) sharing in the morning and Bishop Ferran (Kimore, Elphin and Ardagh) leading a reflection and a ‘recommissioning’ in the afternoon.</p>
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<p>In between, a varied programme of seminars shared stories and updates from all nine of our global partner countries and covered topics including: women’s ministry, clergy training, short-term visits, hope in ‘hard places’. We also heard from the Wilson family and had a chance to learn songs from around the world.</p>
<p><strong>Ignite offers a snapshot of the best of <span class="caps">CMSI</span> – it celebrates community, connection, partnership and transformation. It inspires and equips us for another year in mission. It points us to the God of mission – the one who sets our hearts on fire and calls us to blaze for Him.</strong></p>
<p>Here’s a ‘highlights video’ of the weekend…</p>
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<p><a href="https://vimeo.com/249531676">Ignite 2017 Highlights</a> from <a href="https://vimeo.com/discovermission">Discover Mission</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p><br />
<strong>Ignite 2018 will take place at Dromantine on Saturday 15th September, with <em>Friday Extra</em> on 14th. Further details will be announced in the Spring.</strong></p><div class="feedflare">
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cmsireland/~4/Wt6sJhVc12I" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>IMPACT 2017http://www.cmsireland.org/news/2018/01/03/impact-2017Roger Cooketag:www.cmsireland.org,2018-01-02:53362018-01-02T00:00:00Z2018-01-02T00:00:00Z<p>For the <span class="caps">CMSI</span> staff team, any shortlist of favourite highlights from 2017 will include some of the events we hosted during the year.</p>
<p><strong><span class="caps">IMPACT</span></strong><br />
The start of the year saw the welcome return of our <em>Impact</em> roadshow series, which saw the <span class="caps">CMSI</span> staff team hit the road for a series of gatherings across Ireland. Each of the nine events included a one-hour presentation of news and stories, followed by refreshments and chat. It was a great way for members and supporters to meet one another and engage with staff.</p>
<p><strong>We’re really looking forward to the <a href="http://www.cmsireland.org/news/2017/12/19/impact-roadshows-2018">2018 Impact Series</a>, which begins on 15th January.</strong></p>
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<p><strong><span class="caps">SHINE</span></strong><br />
Our annual members’ day in Swords has established itself as a very special gathering of many of our most faithful and committed members. The 2017 event was a great day of fun, worship, fellowship and sharing. The bus journey from Belfast (with bacon butties) once again proved a great success – and the buzz of chat at lunchtime was a particular highlight.</p>
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<p>We were joined by CMSI’s Patron, Archbishop Dr Richard Clarke, who helped to launch the new strategic plan. And it was also a treat to be joined by visitors from the Urban Development Programme in Nairobi, Kenya – as well as Ronnie and Maggie Briggs.</p>
<p>The afternoon <span class="caps">AGM</span> featured reports from Jenny Smyth and Adrian Dorrian, as well as seeing a couple of new Trustees elected to the Board</p>
<p><strong>The 2018 Shine event takes place on Saturday 21st April at the Emmaus Centre, Swords.</strong><br />
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<p><strong><span class="caps">FAITH</span> IN <span class="caps">SOUTH</span> <span class="caps">SUDAN</span></strong><br />
While we generally plan our calendar around the core events of <em>Ignite</em>, <em>Impact</em> and <em>Shine</em>, we occasionally seize the opportunity to host one-off events…to highlight a particular issue and/or to make the most of a visiting global guest.</p>
<p>In May, we hosted a special open event in the Grosvenor Hall, Belfast as part of our response to the ongoing crisis in South Sudan. We were joined for the event by Bishop Anthony and Mama Jane Poggo who both offered insights into the crisis and the Church’s response. It was an evening to inform, to encourage and to prompt further prayer for our brothers and sisters in South Sudan.</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.cmsireland.org/news/2017/05/23/faith-in-south-sudan">Read more about this event.</a></p><div class="feedflare">
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cmsireland/~4/uWL2RXuHhcI" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Impact, Shine and Faith...http://www.cmsireland.org/news/2018/01/02/impact-shine-and-faithRoger Cooketag:www.cmsireland.org,2018-01-01:53352018-01-01T00:00:00Z2018-01-01T00:00:00Z<p><strong>The Wobbly Bridge</strong><br />
On 10th June 2000, amidst much pomp and hype, the Millenium Bridge was opened in London. On 12th June 2000, amidst much embrassment and criticism, the Milleniumn Bridge was closed. It remained shut for over a year and a half, before reopening in February 2002.</p>
<p>Despite the £18.2m price tag and the 19-month construction period, there was a flaw in the design. When large numbers of people used the footbridge, it swayed. And not just gently. People complained of feeling ‘seasick’; some fell over. Londoners dubbed it ‘The Wobbly Bridge’.</p>
<p>An innovative, beautifully designed crossing point over the Thames, linking St Paul’s Cathedral and the City of London with the Tate Modern and Bankside. But for 20 months, it was useless.</p>
<p>It’s not enough just to build bridges. They need to be crossed.</p>
<p><strong>Act, Love, Walk</strong><br />
As part of CMSI’s strategic planning process for the next five years, we’ve found ourselves returning to familiar words from Micah:</p>
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<p>He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God. (Micah 6:8)</p>
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<p>This isn’t everyone’s favourite translation of the verse (<span class="caps">NIV</span>), but I love the pairings of verbs and adverbs: the listener/reader is implored to <em>act</em> justly, to <em>love</em> mercy, to <em>walk</em> humbly.</p>
<p>When it comes to putting my faith into action, I’m often guilty of ‘talking a good game’. I embrace the idea, I espouse the importance, I engage with the theory, but I tend to fall short of putting thought into practice. I can maybe manage to ‘love’ mercy, at least as an ideal, but when it comes to ‘acting’ or ‘walking’, I fall short of God’s requirements for justice and humility.</p>
<p>Maybe that’s why I’m always so impressed and inspired by our Global Partners. They may work in different ways and in different contexts, but every one of our partner dioceses, churches and organisations seems to be so active, so engaged. Theory becomes practice: see the need, meet the need. It’s not just about building bridges – it’s about crossing over and making connections.</p>
<p><strong>Crossing over</strong><br />
We’ve just received an update from <span class="caps">HDCS</span>, our partners in Nepal, providing information about the devastating floods and landslides that have struck the country. They asked for prayer for the country and for those who have lost their homes. They also outlined their plans to support affected communities through their rapid response teams and health workers, distributing water purifying tablets, medicines, dry food items and water bottles.</p>
<p>See the need, meet the need. Crossing over, making connections.</p>
<p>At staff prayers last week, Kelly shared an update from the Diocese of Madi West Nile in Uganda, relating some of the work the Church has been carrying out in the huge refugee camps: providing play materials for children, faciliating workshops, offering training to church leaders…</p>
<p>See the need, meet the need. Crossing over, making connections.</p>
<p><strong>Annual Theme</strong><br />
<span class="caps">CMSI</span> seeks to equip the Church in mission by helping to make connections between different parts of the global body of Christ. We try to bring people together, to develop partnerships, to encourage relationships. But these links aren’t just for their own sakes. We long to see them bearing fruit – to see lives and communities transformed.</p>
<p>Our new annual theme allows us to share stories of these connections and their impacts. It also offers us a chance to focus on the role the Church is playing – and needs to play – in promoting peace and reconciliation. And we’re particularly keen to highlight the work of the Church in Egypt – a ‘bridging point’ if ever there was one.</p>
<p><strong>Please join with us as we commit to a new year of mission and try to act justly, love mercy and walk humbly. May this be a year of crossing bridges together.</strong></p><div class="feedflare">
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cmsireland/~4/bdHVjKo2RQ4" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Crossing Bridgeshttp://www.cmsireland.org/news/2018/01/01/crossing-bridgesRoger Cooketag:www.cmsireland.org,2017-12-31:53342017-12-31T00:00:00Z2017-12-31T00:00:00Z<p>Since the days when the holy family escaped there, Egypt has been a nation that hosts refugees.</p>
<p>Dr Ibrahim (<em>not her real name</em>) works in a busy Cairo clinic sponsored by the Diocese of Egypt – part of the Church’s response to the large refugee population. She told us that she used to think the Somalian women were very difficult and ungrateful, until an appointment with one seemingly hostile woman.</p>
<p>This woman had no husband and lived with a group of Somali women in a particularly impoverished part of Cairo. She presented to the antenatal clinic for care during pregnancy, but refused to give any medical history or discuss her present circumstances.</p>
<p>Despite her frustration, Dr Ibrahim was determined to care for this woman, so she persisted in questioning her with as much compassion as she could manage. Eventually, the woman explained through tears that in fleeing the devastation in her own country she had lost all five of her children.</p>
<p>Throughout the pregnancy Dr Ibrahim took special care of this woman; what she previously thought of as aloofness she now understood as profound grief. For the pregnant mother, this Christian doctor provided a much longed-for welcome in a city which still did not feel like home.</p>
<p>Refugees in Egypt are often treated harshly, they face poverty and loneliness. The Church’s response is to provide a welcome through educational opportunities, food assistance and clinics like Dr Ibrahim’s. In a nation where the Church’s message is often restricted, the good news of Christ rings out loud and clear in the welcome given, even to the most difficult of strangers</p><div class="feedflare">
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cmsireland/~4/L1tb5gNHoSo" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>A longed-for welcomehttp://www.cmsireland.org/news/2017/12/31/a-longed-for-welcomeRoger Cooketag:www.cmsireland.org,2017-12-30:53332017-12-30T00:00:00Z2017-12-30T00:00:00Z<p>On Saturday 1st April, at <em>Shine</em> – CMSI’s Annual Members’ Day in Swords – we launched our new Strategic Plan for 2017-2022.</p>
<p>The Strategic Plan, entitled <em>‘Connect, Equip, Transform’</em>, will shape CMSI’s work over the next five years. In presenting the plan, CMSI’s Mission Director, Jenny Smyth, used the analogy of a trellis that provides structure and stability for sweet pea flowers to flourish and grow…</p>
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<p>After a while, such is the extent of the growth, you barely notice the trellis – all you see are the flowers. We pray that this strategic plan will promote growth and fruitfulness, and that the focus will be on the outcomes of transformed lives and communities.</p>
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<h2>The Power of Connection</h2>
<p>The Mengo Hospital administrator was frustrated! He had called the technician several times to discuss the intermittent fault in the secretary’s computer and each time the inspection revealed nothing. Eventually he asked Billy to have a look; at the time, Billy was a mission partner working as the hospital maintenance manager.</p>
<p>At first, Billy was flummoxed. Everything seemed to be working fine. He asked the secretary to call him next time there was an issue. She did and he came. He had a look. The computer would not respond. The secretary said she would go for her tea break and leave him to investigate. She lifted her handbag to go, and lo, the computer started up! Where had she been keeping her handbag? Sitting on top of the adaptor plug.</p>
<p>Sometimes all that is needed is a proper connection.</p>
<p>Making good connections is at the core of what we do as <span class="caps">CMSI</span> – connecting individuals and local churches with God’s family in other parts of the world. Connections that enhance understanding and enable mutual support. Connections that help us all grow in faith and advance God’s kingdom. <br />
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<p><em><strong><span class="caps">CMSI</span> is a Christian mission organisation that exists to help God’s people engage in God’s mission. We make connections between different parts of God’s global family and we equip churches and individuals as they work together to share God’s transforming love.</strong></em></p><div class="feedflare">
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cmsireland/~4/8VUNbWxtixg" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Connect, Equip, Transformhttp://www.cmsireland.org/news/2017/12/30/connect-equip-transformRoger Cooketag:www.cmsireland.org,2017-12-29:53322017-12-29T00:00:00Z2017-12-29T00:00:00Z<p>It was an immense privilege to spend time in Kenya at the beginning of September. Thanks to <span class="caps">CMSI</span>, what began as an embryonic idea of <span class="caps">CITI</span> trying to partner with a struggling Anglican Theological College in Mombasa ended with not only that opportunity, but also the chance to experience at first-hand the remarkable Diocese of Kajiado.</p>
<p>With my own background in Lisburn Cathedral during the 1980s and early 1990s, the names of Ronnie and Maggie Briggs, the visits of Bishop Jeremiah Taama and the previous involvement of John and Margaret McCammon in Kajiado were all familiar. None of that, however, prepared me for the impressive sense I now have of the ministry at the <span class="caps">MRTC</span> (Maasai Rural Training College) in Isinya, which is supported by <span class="caps">CMSI</span>, and the joy of meeting Bishop Gaddiel and his clergy in Kajiado itself.</p>
<p>My primary purpose was to offer a two-day teaching seminar for the 80 or so diocesan clergy at the invitation of the bishop, and then to preach in the cathedral at its two morning services. Together, we invested time in study, worship, prayer and genuinely Spirit-filled fellowship. The areas considered during the conference included the renewal of personal discipleship, a deeper theological engagement with the task of preaching, the importance of a servant-heart in Christian leadership and the centrality of the cross for everything in both ministry and mission.</p>
<p>All of the sessions involved simultaneous translation into Swahili (I think I have even learned some words myself!) and, thanks to Ronnie’s diligent organising, each delegate was presented with a resource book of further reading material to underscore the various topics. On such occasions, it is true that one gives of one’s ability and then trusts that the Lord will enrich and empower, but I have to say that this visit was one where, in giving, I undoubtedly received.</p>
<p>It is moving to have a real sense of the life circumstances for many of these dear brothers and sisters, and humbling to see the commitment that they manage to maintain on behalf of themselves, their families and their parishes.</p>
<p>At a very practical level the entire region of Kajiado has had no rain since last November – picture everything which you would normally expect to look green having turned brown – and that is now putting significant pressure on crops and livestock. In particular I cannot speak highly enough of the leadership role which Ronnie and Maggie Briggs are taking through the ongoing witness and planned major overhaul of the <span class="caps">MRTC</span>. They mentored me with grace and good humour through my first encounter with Kenyan people and local culture. They are a couple of whom <span class="caps">CMSI</span> can be rightly proud and, more than that, they are superb ambassadors for Christ as they live out their own faith in a rich blend of personal spirituality and practical assistance to others.</p>
<p>Part two of the Kenyan trip then took me down to the coast at Mombasa and to the Bishop Hannington Institute. I had met the Principal, Revd Dr Martin Olando, at an Anglican Leadership conference last year and he was keen to have me address his group of approximately 30 students in training towards ordained ministry. Again here the spiritual enthusiasm of the people belies the reality of their personal circumstances. Many of the students struggle to find the requisite, and by our standards, modest annual fees. The College itself is bereft of resources and one of the projects to which we in <span class="caps">CITI</span> are now devoting energy is to see whether it may be possible to send books for the library.</p>
<p>I end this brief report by expressing my gratitude to <span class="caps">CMSI</span> for sponsoring the visit and for generating support in prayer. For <span class="caps">CITI</span>, each of these contacts carries the potential for deeper partnership and we are already praying in order to discern what that may begin to look like for the future.</p><div class="feedflare">
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